Friday, April 23, 2010

Recap for G16: Astros v. Pirates

Hopefully you didn't take my advice and go ahead and bench Carlos Lee. Because his two-run double helped the Astros to a 4-3 win over the Pirates.

Why They WonRoy's seven innings were key, and - hey, Roy won consecutive decisions for the first time since September 21/25, 2008 (@Pittsburgh, v. Cincinnati). That, combined with two-out RBI from Keppinger and Feliz, and 4x7 w/RISP adds up to a win. And that is six wins in their last eight games.

Astros Pitching

Name

IP

H/ER

K:BB

Pit-Str

CS/SS

Oswalt

7

4/2

4:1

91-62 (68.1%)

21/7

Lyon

1

0/0

0:0

6-5 (83.3%)

1/0

Lindstrom

1

0/0

1:0

12-9 (75%)

2/4

The Pirates were the victims of some seemingly bad luck, hitting into 14 flyball outs - six of them flyballs to the outfield. Since Lyon's blowup against the Cubs (where he almost blew Oswalt's April 17 win), Brandon Lyon has thrown three perfect appearances - and needed just 27 pitches to get nine outs. Lindstrom now has five saves, saving five of the six Astros' wins.

Astros hitting

Isn't this something? The Astros got seven hits - three of them for extra bases, and all of those were doubles. Feliz, Keppinger, Lee, and Berkman all had hits w/RISP. The Astros drew two walks (Bourn and Berkman, naturally), and actually saw more pitches than the opposition.

Let's talk about Hunter Pence for a second. In 60 PAs, he has worked the count to three balls five times. And struck out in two of those. He's 0x11 w/RISP, and has put 16 balls to the outfield all season.

1 comment:

Ryan Sides
said...

Not to be picky, but did you see the "big double" from Carlos? It was a pop fly that happened to land in the only place possible for it to be a hit. All the runs that inning were a product of luck and zero skill. How about Bourn for making some AMAZING catches in the field to save the game?

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